Review of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) by Joe O — 19 Apr 2008

Classic literature, Comedy,a nd Rupert Everett all in one film! How can you resist?

This review of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) was written by Joe O on 19 Apr 2008.

The Importance of Being Earnest has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Importance of Being Earnest

Review of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

By Daniel Mendelsohn (12) for The New York Review of Books (223) on 19 Aug 2018

Parker's film implicitly endorses the conventional morality that the play-a drama, let us not forget, by the author of The Truth of Masks and…

Read Review

Review of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

By Dan M (2,128) on 26 Feb 2014

An all-star cast, and only one player other than Ms. Dench showing any emotion, genuine or otherwise…

Read Review

Review of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

By Will C (526) on 08 Jul 2013

This is a fun movie and all. But I still like the play better because it leaves more to the imagination…

Read Review

Review of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

By Rebecca L (369) on 04 Nov 2013

Everett and Firth and so funny together. This movie is a corny and wonderful love story…

Read Review

Review of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

By Juan C (631) on 12 Jul 2011

A witty, smart, hillarious and enjoyable peerless comedy with manners! also has to be one of colin firth's best performance! A+…

Read Review

Review of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

By Voldemar Z (1) on 18 Nov 2018

Some days ago I watched comedy film The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) directed by Oliver Parker…

Read Review

Review of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

By Alyssa E (51) on 15 Feb 2011

It's a cute and fun movie to watch…

Read Review

Review of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

By Ed C (492) on 29 Jul 2011

Witherspoon's charm carries this movie. Everett is forgettable and Firth feels pretty chilly…

Read Review

Review of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

By Linnea H (59) on 18 Aug 2011

Oscar Wilde's text is brilliant, and although the movie loses some of the spirit and looks more a romantic comedy, and although I had already…

Read Review

Review of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

By Stephanie B (344) on 25 May 2011

Some good ol' fashion Oscar Wilde fun! I'm currently working a scene from this in @JMarcusCoaching 's class. Fun times…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of No Reservations (2007)

By Jaredc. (130) on 28 Jul 2007

This is the worst romantic comedy of all time, it has no comedy, and has no thorough storyline, it is dull…

Read Review

Review of Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

By Brad Laidman (53) for Film Threat (5,156) on 06 Oct 2015

Mrs. Doubtfire is overlong, barely funny, and a surprisingly bitter movie especially for a film aimed at children…

Read Review

Review of The Usual Suspects (1995)

By Movie K (430) on 21 Apr 2016

Overrated nonsense! I watched it twice just to make sure I didn't miss what all people are praising about but it still sucked…

Read Review

Review of Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

By Sean Mcbride (367) for Sean the Movie Guy (367) on 08 Sep 2007

Bullets fly and bad guys die. The action is non-stop and rather original in this hour-and-a-half burst of testosterone…

Read Review

Review of Emma (1996)

By Hal Hinson (447) for Washington Post (9,851) on 02 Feb 2011

What McGrath's Emma does have going for it is a breakthrough performance from Gwyneth Paltrow as the heroine…

Read Review

Review of Gattaca (1997)

By Robyn M (1,282) on 04 Sep 2012

Gattaca is a familiar story -- a high concept movie that starts well, but falls prey to lazy storytelling…

Read Review

Review of Murder She Said (1961)

By Joe T (673) on 23 Aug 2012

She wasn't TOO annoying in this, but the sequels really started to irritate me. The conclusions were nowhere near as satisfying as Poirot…

Read Review

Review of The Sicilian Clan (1969)

By Y?R E (14) on 22 May 2010

Bags of energy which is great but with an impossible and improbable heist as well as a lame ending (what's the message of the story…

Read Review

Review of Odette Toulemonde (2007)

By Rachel B (871) on 06 Nov 2009

Un'Amélie Poulain di mezza età, anche no. (peccato perché se sviluppato diversamente sarebbe stato anche carino)…

Read Review

Review of I Married a Shadow (1983)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 18 Jun 2018

This movie is a small but valuable discovery, a mystery that turns into an exploration of loneliness and love…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Importance of Being Earnest

2002

68%505 Reviews

United 93

2006

79%891 Reviews

Adult Life Skills

2016

65%42 Reviews

Carol

2015

78%1,144 Reviews

Follow That Bird

1985

65%219 Reviews

Taking Woodstock

2009

59%655 Reviews

Earth's Final Hours

2011

32%4 Reviews

Survival of the Dead

2010

39%612 Reviews

Mulan

1998

79%791 Reviews

The Kingdom

2007

65%768 Reviews